girls are so pretty and cool. girls should be appreciated more? so many of them put up w/ so much racism and transmisogyny and queerphobia and girls need more credit for existing in a world that doesnt properly appreciate them, especially WOC, especially trans women, especially queer women. tell a girl that u love & respect her existence
| — | Lupita Nyong’o in Dazed & Confused magazine, talking about what she learned from her mother. (via bitchybay) |
Make him feel like a piece of meat: “It’s a huge turn-on to hear a woman objectify me,” 30-year-old Christopher says. “It seems simple, but it’s so powerful.” Take his words to heart and don’t be afraid to tell your guy everything you like about his body or what he does that drives you crazy. He’ll be obsessed.
That’s not what objectification means. That’s not making him feel like a piece of meat. That’s just sexual compliments. Yeah, sure, it’s easy to say “I don’t know what those ladies are complaining about, you can objectify me anytime” if you think it means your girlfriend tells you you have sexy abs.
Objectification is focusing on a person’s usefulness to you with total disregard for their desires. In the context of compliments, it’s not saying “You turn me on.” It’s saying “You turn me on, and whether you want to turn me on is utterly irrelevant.”
Saying “nice ass” to a person who’s deliberately wiggling their ass at you is a compliment; saying “nice ass” to a person who’s just walking by is objectification. “I want to sleep with her” is expressing desire; “I’d hit it” is objectification. “You’re sexy” is nice to say on a date because it’s a compliment; “you’re sexy” is hideously undermining to say at a business meeting because it’s objectification.
| — | The Pervocracy, breaking down both Cosmo and objectification with grace and panache. (via albinwonderland) |
